mblax

the idea of county police being assigned to individual towns is excellent. County police currently have to drive miles and miles between county parks, which is a massive waste of time and money. Even when they are deployed it rarely makes sense. I went with my wife to a plant sale at Trailside and the county had assigned two fully armed officers to watch over a bunch of gardeners selling plants to each other! The county has a SWAT and anti-terroism unit. Why? Port Authority should be paying for that given that they only real need would be for an incident at Newark Airport. Why should county taxpayers pay the Port Authority's bills?

John - this won't fit with your always-over-the-top-liberal-narrative, but I am a lifelong Republican, who happens to be proud that we have a black president and personally think the President is a likeable person, i.e. I am not a hater. At the same time, I don't agree with his vision of "big government" and "tax the rich" mentality. This runs contra to what fuels economic growth in the US and what has made us the economic envy of the world (I work for a foreign institution and they admire how America has proven resilient through time and many of the employees try and stay here if given the opportunity).

My fear was that in electing our first black president was that he would become a symbol, held to impossible standards and disappoint exactly those who elected him. Is that what actually happened?

Tris, I appreciated this review. When Graceland was first issued, I was too young and naive to understand the issues surrounding South Africa. Luckily I have met many SA nationals since, most white of British rather than Dutch ancestry, but to a person, they credit "The Man", Nelson Mandela, with opening the world to SA and visa versa. South Africa, is imperfect still, but walls get torn down by the actions of many. Paul Simon chose to use the weapon he had, his love and knowledge of music. While expectations may have been higher, that is more than many others did. Thanks for opening my eyes to the issues.

Wisniewski and his cronies are who have run NJ into the ground for years, over promised pension benefits and proven unable to reign in spending, but I guess he knows that and is begging Christie to come home to keep him from doing it again.

what is your ethnic background? Every immigrant group that came to this country, including the Irish, Italians, Germans, etc. banded together to form support groups. The Irish for example, suffered from significant discrimination. They were vulnerable and poor when they came here and were taken advantage by many. You need to read a bit of American history before you spew this garbage.

PS. I have worked with many Indians before and have found them to be people of great character.

Pam I encourage you to put your passion towards shutting down sites where people troll for impressionable and vulnerable young men. That would do some good and help prevent any of this from happening again. I am not excusing reprehensible behavior, but we need to work on solutions, not rants.

I am not a "supporter" of Ravi. What he did was wrong, inexplicable and shameful. What Tyler's mother did however, was undoubtedly a bigger factor in Tyler's tragic decision. Sorry if you don't like the way this sounds, but that's the way it is. It's time to be honest.